Taking 1 or 2 selfies i wouldn't consider narcissistic. There might be an actual reason for a selfie, maybe you are chatting with someone over the internet and want to send them a quick pic or something. I'd call that reasonable.

Taking like 20 or 30... yeah... at some point there is a line that gets crossed from reasonable to insane...

CeroX:Taking 1 or 2 selfies i wouldn't consider narcissistic. There might be an actual reason for a selfie, maybe you are chatting with someone over the internet and want to send them a quick pic or something. I'd call that reasonable.

Taking like 20 or 30... yeah... at some point there is a line that gets crossed from reasonable to insane...

I took one once, and it was to show the hat that I had made. I tried very hard not to get much of my face, though. I hate selfies.

My high school/college best friend/best man at my wedding, posted a selfie of himself (is that redundant?) at the renaissance festival. He was in full renaissance costume. He just turned fifty last month. *sigh*

Never took a selfie. Haven't even logged into Facebook in a year and a half. Social media weirds me out in so many fundamental ways. I could ignore that and just be social, but it is the internet after all. A little squick is understandable.

riverwalk barfly:My high school/college best friend/best man at my wedding, posted a selfie of himself (is that redundant?) at the renaissance festival. He was in full renaissance costume. He just turned fifty last month. *sigh*

mike_d85:You know, I'm starting to get the feeling that I'm the only person on the planet who isn't completely narcissistic.

I have to disagree that selfies are narcissistic. I think the term narcissistic itself is being polluted and diluted. It's just a new facet of modern living, share a photo of yourself with friends, or to friends, for a bit of fun. It's not because you love seeing yourself as much as possible because you're so handsome and sexy, it's just because it's rapidly becoming a normal thing to do.

Perhaps true narcissists are able to blend in and get away with it easier. But they're still easy to spot, because they can't walk past a mirror without stopping.

According to psychiatrist Dr David Veal: "Two out of three of all the patients who come to see me with Body Dysmorphic Disorder since the rise of camera phones have a compulsion to repeatedly take selfies.

I think the wicked queen in Snow White had BDD. Good thing she didn't have an iPhone.

I think people take a few selfies, notice their worst feature is magnified no matter how they turn, and quit taking selfies. The only people I see taking large numbers of selfies seem to be either teens, narcissists, both, or maybe emotionally stunted adults. If you want to be known for something other than your looks, like your skills or accomplishments, taking selfies comes across as less than mature. But, if your looks are your only marketable skill, like a Kardashian, then knock yourself out with selfies.

non compos mentat:Never took a selfie. Haven't even logged into Facebook in a year and a half. Social media weirds me out in so many fundamental ways. I could ignore that and just be social, but it is the internet after all. A little squick is understandable.

/ I think the stupid kissy face is a sign of brain damage// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ee3xemyQjI

Every now and then the GF bugs me about sending her a picture of me when she is away. I send em usually it is me looking all unsexy on the couch watching TV. She sends me nude selfies all the time, so awesome!

I like watching my son (6) take his own selfies on an old phone. They end up looking up his nose, at his teeth, in his hair etc... but it's still great to get him giggling while he tries to figure out how to hold it right.

/Children of all ages are easily amused. It doesn't mean you have to post them online.

groppet:Every now and then the GF bugs me about sending her a picture of me when she is away. I send em usually it is me looking all unsexy on the couch watching TV. She sends me nude selfies all the time, so awesome!

ReverendJynxed:groppet: Every now and then the GF bugs me about sending her a picture of me when she is away. I send em usually it is me looking all unsexy on the couch watching TV. She sends me nude selfies all the time, so awesome!

Pics or it didn't happen.

Clarity: Pics of your GF or it didn't happen. And if she lives in Canada then... well.

Cheesehead_Dave:non compos mentat: Never took a selfie. Haven't even logged into Facebook in a year and a half. Social media weirds me out in so many fundamental ways. I could ignore that and just be social, but it is the internet after all. A little squick is understandable.

/ I think the stupid kissy face is a sign of brain damage// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ee3xemyQjI

Must be a Generational thing. I've had a "Smart" phone since sometime last April, about a year now. I played with some Apps ( I always called these things Programs or Software, I don't know where this word APP came from ) and games and looked at websites on the little screen for a while. Since getting a "Newer" refurbed Dell laptop back in October though, I pretty much just use the phone as just a phone anymore. Why look at stuff on a little screen when I have a 15" screen AND a Keyboard right there. If I'm not home or at my desk at work, well I'm just Not hooked up, period. I don't Tweet. I told one of my "Real" friends I have to quit texting me as I don't do that either. If he wants to talk to me I told him to Call me. I don't do Facebook since that time around 10 years ago when a kid at work showed me his MySpace page he was so proud of and I told him it was Garbage since I had already been doing Real websites for several years with Dreamweaver. Never saw any reason for a "Social Network" why? I have a couple of Real friends, the rest are business Associates or Acquaintances, not Friends. If you think these people on your phone are really "Friends" ask them to lend you $100 and see what happens.